Sports

The sports law barristers at 11 Stone Buildings have an excellent reputation for sports law. The Legal 500 has recommended us as a leading set for sport, with individual barristers also featured for many years. Barristers are members of the Premier League disciplinary panel as well as sitting on other sports tribunals. Our clients are many and include participants, agents, administrators and governing bodies. The type of work carried out by members of Chambers includes disciplinary and drug issues, regulatory disputes, contract claims, court litigation, arbitration and panel representation. We have been involved in some of the most high-profile sports disputes in recent years but are also sympathetic to any client’s particular circumstances so as to offer practical and common-sense solutions.

Chambers has had a long-standing involvement with the British Association of Sport and Law and individual members regularly appear and talk at sports law related events.

What others say 

Our most recent recommendations by the legal directories are as follows:

A leading set for Media, Entertainment & Sport - Legal 500 2012

11 Stone Buildings’ Robert Deacon has a "practical, businesslike approach and easy manner". He handles privacy-related media cases, and represented the musician Mungo Jerry against a former publisher. Jamie Riley acted for the Rugby Football Union in a case against online ticket sales forum Viagogo.

In addition Robert Deacon was recommended as a leading junior in the area of defamation and privacy.

For a full overview of the directories' testimonials over the years, please click here.

Articles & Publications

Given our expertise in this area our members are often invited to write for specialised publications and/or have written 11 SB case notes/bulletins on relevant topics. Please follow the link below to view the most recent articles:

Our sports barristers are: